Over the past 12 months the company ______ a 10 percent improvement.
A. managed B. manages
C. had managed D. has managed
He ______ in the village for three months, then moved to a nearby city.
A. stayed B. has stayed
C. would stay D. was to stay
I ______ to take a French course this summer, but I changed the plan later.
A. planned B. have planned
C. was planning D. had planned
Attempts must be made to ______ the barrier(隔阂) between the two communities.
A. break up B. break through
C. break down D. break off
The boy pretended ______ asleep when his father came back.
A. to fall B. to have fallen
C. to be falling D. have fallen
The tiny fire in the stove gradually ______, and it was getting dark outside.
A. died down B. put down
C. set down D. keep down
